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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1917
Page
4
A reflective account discusses prior talks on keeping corn soil cool and moist to resist heat. The writer shares personal conflict and notes a neighbor’s failed irrigation device, insisting conditions must support green corn even in drought and praising careful testing.
Farmers argue over mulch and moisture conservation as a path to drought-resistant corn. Testimonies cite mulch use, soil warmth, and land differences with neighbors Wheeler and Denney involved in demonstrations. A Sabana farmer notes bottom land corn dries rapidly due to heat, not mulch.
Higginbothams promotes a 1917 Sanders Disc breaking plow praised as better than ever and urged to buy now before price rises next year.
Two aged horses, Joe the pony and Sam the gray, lived long faithful lives with their owners John Cunningham and Floyd Carpenter. Joe served the family and wedding days while Sam taught riding and carried children, both dying within weeks of each other after useful, uncomplaining toil. The piece lauds their service and ends with an ad for Prickly Ash Bitters via The Wm. Reese Co.
A T. P. L. Co. electrical salesman Ben Clarkson promotes a service for customers moving to electric ranges. They will take an oil or wood range from a store and place it in their office to advertise it for sale, aiming to dispose of it to the best advantage for prospective electric range buyers.
Advertisement notes selling or exchanging real estate through J. R. Eanes & Co. located in 46-47. It outlines a service offer for property transactions and a brokerage contact in the era.
The unique trained giraffe, claimed to be the only one of its kind, is secured for exhibition and will appear in the forthcoming 66 Ranch Humbug Circus grant by the K of P on July 20.
A drowsy half-sick mood is blamed on torpid liver and impurities in stomach and bowels. Prickly Ash Bitters is promoted as a prompt efficient remedy. Special Agents, The Wm. Reese Co.
If you feel blue and lazy a good clean out helps. Herbine is advertised to stimulate the liver tone the stomach and purify the bowels. Price is 50 cents and sold by S. P. Smith.
An advertisement for Sledgs Painless Eyewater claims to cure sore eyes and is offered at Carrolls Drug Store. The copy emphasizes a guaranteed remedy likely targeting customers with eye irritation. It presents a commercial product in a period public notice style.
See J. R. Eanes & Co for options to buy sell or exchange real estate. The notice invites inquiries and outlines services offered for property transactions.
An old standard tonic claims to drive out malaria enrich the blood and build up the system. Suitable for adults and children, 50 cents per bottle.
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